Meaning

5 senses
  1. (transitive)To carefully or appraisingly observe (someone or something).

    After eyeing the document for half an hour, she decided not to sign it.

    They went out and eyed the new car one last time before deciding.

    beäugen

    смотре́тьsmotrétʹ, рассма́триватьrassmátrivatʹ

  2. (transitive)To consider.

    Mr. Smith is eyeing a departmental reorganization plan.

  3. (transitive)To remove the reproductive buds from (potatoes).

  4. (transitive)To allow (fish eggs) to develop so that the black eye spots are visible.

  5. (intransitive, obsolete)To appear; to look.

    look at

Examples

5542 sentences
  1. He hit me in the eye.

    Він ударив мене в око. — miketheknight

    ruОн ударил меня в глаз. — Balamax

  2. He looked me in the eye.

    Він подивився мені в очі. — aandrusiak

    ruОн посмотрел мне в глаза. — sharptoothed

    deEr schaute mir in die Augen. — Manfredo

  3. He is blind in one eye.

    Він сліпий на одне око. — aandrusiak

    ruОн слепой на один глаз. — NastyaKayokhtina

    deEr ist auf einem Auge blind. — Kerstin

  4. I saw tears in her eyes.

    Я бачив сльози в її очах. — ascolto

    ruЯ увидел в её глазах слёзы. — marafon

  5. I'd like to buy eye drops.

    Я хотів би купити краплі для очей. — deniko

    ruЯ хотела бы купить глазные капли. — elsteris

    deIch würde gerne Augentropfen kaufen. — Zaghawa

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to observe carefully or appraisingly:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to observe carefully or appraisingly:

Origin

From Middle English e, eye, eyghe, eyȝe, eȝhe, iȝe, ye, yhe, from Old English ēage, ēge (“

From Middle English e, eye, eyghe, eyȝe, eȝhe, iȝe, ye, yhe, from Old English ēage, ēge (“eye”), from Proto-West Germanic *augā, from Proto-Germanic *augô (“eye”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”). Related to ogle.

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Forms

eyes, eyeing, eyed, eyed
Base formeye · to eye
3rd person singulareyes
Present participleeyeing
Past simpleeyed
Past participleeyed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyeye
he, she, iteyes

Past simpleLesson

all personseyed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave eyed
he, she, ithas eyed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill eye

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • an an eye
  • an eye on
  • closed his eyes
  • his eyes closed
  • with his eyes
  • eyes closed
  • his eyes and
  • close your eyes
  • blue eyes
  • black eye
  • keep your eyes
  • opened his eyes

See also

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eye — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto